Tag: ECM

IBM Acquires Datacap; who will be captured next?

IBM announced the acquisition of Datacap Inc., a privately-held company based in Tarrytown, NY. Datacap is a provider of software that enables organizations to transform the way they capture, manage and automate the flow of business information to improve business processes, reduce paper costs or manual errors and meet compliance mandates. Financial terms were not disclosed.
 

ECM Industry Perspectives - Consolidation? Convergence? or Evolution? Find out the Truth

The ECM market is undergoing further consolidation, convergence and evolution with the impact of Microsoft Sharepoint, Web 2.0, cloud computing, enterprise social networking, virtualisation and other innovations and discontinuities in the market.
 
As we approach the end of 2009, John Symon, SVP Asia Pacific at Document Boss, gleans some insightful perspectives from three industry veterans in both the USA and Europe: 

The M&A Activity in the ECM sector continues to sizzle!

Today, Nuance acquired eCopy, a provider of solutions that integrate paper documents into a host of software applications provided by multiple major ECM vendors, including EMC, IBM, OpenText and others.

The acquisition was valued at $54 million, all paid in Nuance Stock. This seems to be another example of how valuations have held up during these tough economic times.